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Kevin,It's happened to me in the past. Driving along the A595 Wigton Road, driving into Carlisle, just before the roundabout at McVities. There's a road on the left, with a downhill gradient, I slowed before the icy side road, saw a car in the side road approaching the junction too fast, I braked on the A595, the other car slid out in front of me, I'd stopped in time. I agree it won't necessarily always work, but you've got to anticipate what may happen and plan for it.

Posted by Darryl on
12 February 2012 at 17:11

Dave: In my experience, the information displayed by motorway dot-matrix signs is wrong in about 90 per cent of cases. It doesn't surprise me that some drivers have paid no attention, especially if their experience is similar to mine. Having said that, the slightest amount of common sense would have told you that 70 mph was far too fast in those conditions. But therein lies the real problem.